>> the top stories that we are following this tuesday march 12th. a bay area preschool is under investigation followed reports that a teacher and tied up a 2 year-old child. >> police then novato are investigated and over my fire at a pot grow house. >> we're also watching vatican city. the first boat vote to elect a new pope

could come today. we will have details ahead. >> tomorrow is expected to be the warmer day of the week and i will talk about that when we come up with the next report. >> we had a minor accident and west bound 580. it had added to the drive time. it is not a hot spot but just your typical slowing for this time of the morning. it is still slow westbound out of tracy. >> a christian preschool and pleasanton is under investigation following reports that a teacher and tied up a 2 year-old child. kron4 will tran is live at the school with more

details. >> we can't tell you that the teacher behind this incident has still not been arrested. they stated that the investigation is just getting started. this is called center point christian school. the administration found out about this about a week ago after, a former teacher attended a get together and this teacher pulled out her cell phone and showed pictures of the child. the school is issuing a statement this morning. take a look at your screen. >> " we are appalled. every person and all the children in our care deserves the highest degree of care. "

>> the school will shut down for five days of this friday in response to this. the teachers will be put in training and they will reopen on march 20th. the pleasanton police departments stated that they will try to issue a press conference coming up. >> new this morning. police in novato were investigating a fire that had crews working into the early morning hours. it happened on the 8000 block of marion avenue and novato at around 11:00 p.m. last night. police responded to a call of heavy smoke in the area. it took crews about an hour and a half to get the fire under control. the novato

achieve says that this bomb had a large amount of marijuana growing in the home. >> according to the fire chief, neighbors have told authorities that the family has not lived in a home for several years. >> cardinals are celebrating a final mass before the sequester themselves for the conclave to elect the next pope. now 115 cargoes will sequester themselves in the sistine chapel. cardinals are not allowed to openly campaigned. it will take the vote of 77 cardinals, a two- thirds majority to be elected as pope. assuming that they vote, the first of smoke should emerge from the chapel chimney by 8:00 p.m.,

noon our time. the black smoke will be for no pulse, white smoke will signify that a pope has been chosen. >> as school districts throughout the state have been making cutbacks in recent years. san jose's alum rocks school district has tailback cuts for the last few years but that is about to change. the school district needs to reduce spending by $8 million over the next two years. there are a few proposals on how to cut spending, it includes, laying off 80 teachers. increasing kindergarten through third grade class from 20-224 students. 5 hour furlough days. that was also reduced funding for music and after- school sports programs.

alum rock school superintendent says the bid should not impact students' performance which has been on a rise. >> the school district has set up a series of community meetings to give parents more information on what might be cut. the next meeting will be held next wednesday. >> onto another developing story. a $1,000 reward is being offered for the safe return of an oakland woman. friends and family held a visual for erica maska-leris snide. she has not been seen since last thursday and family members say that it is just not like her to disappear without talking to them. friends and family are searching the neighborhood where she was last seen.

>> the only clue, a blurry image on this surveillance video. you can see her at the top of your screen. it shows her walking cars that morning on 34 and telegraph in oakland. her family will hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m. this morning. volunteers are also expected to be out searching the malls would park in west oakland. >> the house armed services committee is calling for a full investigation into dropped rape charges against a man who fatally shot to santa cruz police officers. congresswoman jackie speier from san mateo, is calling for a capitol hill hearing on why charges into a army court marshals brought against the jeremy goulet in 2006 were dropped in exchange for a " less than

honorable " discharge. goulet had been accused of raping two women several years ago. goulet shot and killed santa cruz police detective sgt a loran "butch " baker and attack elizabeth butler last month while they followed up on a report of a misdemeanor sexual assault. he was later killed in a shootout with authorities. >> we will be right back. wow,wo i've been claritin cler for 10 days! when yenour allergies start, doctors recommend takingng one onnon-drowsy claritin evey day during your allergy season for cor ntinuous relief.f. 18 day ds! 12 d12ays!s! 24 d24ays of continuous relie. live claritin clear. everevy day. good.

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>> welcome back. we are watching snowfall from europe. the airport should remain closed until at least

for a few hours until the snow is expected to let up. frankfurt has seen about 5 in. of snow and airport had already canceled more than 100 flights and reported many delays. the eurostar high-speed train between london and paris has also been suspended. in paris, more than a quarter of the flights have been canceled. they are dealing with their second day of snow and freezing temperatures and southern england. >> a strike at the port of oakland is over after isjean quan persuaded port commissioners to approve a four year contract. that contract included an 8 percent raise and a two and a half percent cost-of- living adjustment for two years and a $3,500 signing bonus. the agreement comes

ahead of a planned million dollar expansion of the port. >> police have arrested a second man in connection with a theft from a storage and along to a charity in tun unincorporated martinez last month. frank mireles is now in custody along with the first suspect was arrested. there are accused of burglarizing the warehouse belonging to the charity " christmas for everyone. " about $60,000 or the property was taken. investigators say that they found about half the stolen property, but they butthey say that some of it has probably

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the region has seen rain, sleet and snow. the winds remix is not over yet. the national weather service says that the region could get even more snow through the week. >> here is a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. we are sitting under 2 mi. of visibility if you are driving a brown novatoa aroundround novato. the afternoon the fault should burn off. by noon we will be into the '60s. as we turn the clock into motion all

the yellow on your screen indicates 70's. by 8:00 p.m. tonight the temperatures will be back down to the '50s and '60s. today will be warmer than what we saw yesterday. we should be coming in at about 75 degrees. there will be plenty of 70's to go around in the east bay. downtown san francisco will be headed a high of 67 degrees. it will be 77 degrees for napa up. it will be partly cloudy skies for ocean beach and daly city. >> satellite and radar shows that some areas will have pockets of a fault. offshore breezes is what is bringing the fog in. it looks like all the wets weather will states and our

north. tomorrow, is expected to be the warmest day of the week. kron47 day around the bay highlights clear skies for the weekend. it may be cooler but not a rain drop in sight for the next seven days. >> what a difference 20 minutes make. this is your backup the bay bridge toll plaza. we do not have any hot spots or accidents. the lights are on for those of you coming from the amendment. if you are coming from 580 if this startit is stao back up. the drive time is from 8 to 10 minutes. you should definitely consider 92 across the san mateo bridge. they are holding at

14 minute drive time in both directions. if you are traveling across the golden gate bridge is foggy but smooth. there are no problems on 1 01 north or south bound. >> your drive time on 580 west bound is continuing to --there was an earlier accident that has traffic that is still backed up. you have slowing in both directions. >> five american service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in southern afghanistan. for the helicopter crashed on monday in an area where there was no enemy activity. two other u.s. soldiers were

killed yesterday in an insider attack by an afghan policeman. with the seven u.s. soldiers killed yesterday a total of 12 u.s. soldiers have died in afghanistan this year so far. last year 297 american soldiers were killed in afghanistan. >> house republicans plan to release a blueprint today that attempts to show it is possible to balance the budget. even though the plants to be released by republican paul ryan is unlikely to go anywhere with the white house or the senate, the house gop is sticking to its guns, promising to try to repeal the 04 will carry, cut domestic programs and require future medicare patients to bear more of the program's cost. senate democrats promise to offer a

counterproposal when state with higher spending on domestic programs and additional tax hikes on top of the higher rates are already imposed on top bracket earners in january. it will, in turn, ride as a dead letter in the gop- controlled house. the federal government will continue to operate on these continuing resolutions that congress passed instead of an actual budget. the last time that the senate passed a budget? was april 2009. that was four years ago. >> james holmes could enter a plea in a colorado court today. holmes' is accused of killing 12 people and a shooting rampage at an all raw, colorado moss mediator in july of last year. he is charged with 166 counts, including murder and attempted murder. holmes' is expected to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. >> an officer pulls a driver

from a burning car and i will. to the rescue was caught on a police cars- court cameras. let's take a closer look. if you can see officer of breaking the passenger side window, opening the door and then pulling out the unconscious driver. police say that 18 year-old victim was doing donuts in the snow when he lost control and hit an air conditioning unit in a parking lot. >> new york cops ban on bigge's ban on big, sugar ray's soft drinks is so out of the day before it was set to kick dan. a state judge invalidated the law yesterday afternoon saying

that the elected city council should have been and must approve the ban not the board of health. mayor michael bloomberg office tweet did their plan to appeal the decision. >> water has replaced soda as americans beverage of choice. for more than two decades, so what was the number one drink and the united states. but over the years, the fizzy bridge has come under fire for fuelling the nation's on rising obesity rates. americans and hundred and average of 58 gal. of water per year with bottled water leading the growth. meanwhile, soda consumption has dropped 17% from its peak in 1998 with americans and not drinking 44 gal. a year. >> a morgan hill mother was sentenced to 60 days in

jail for having her daughter still groceries from a local safeway. police say that marcy kellin told her 10 year old to take a shopping cart filled with a hundred and $45 worth of unchecked groceries to the parking lot. the mother ran off when the attempted theft was discovered leaving her daughter behind. keelin pleaded guilty to one count of commercial burglary and contributed to delinquency of a minor. >> we will be right back. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf...

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>> we are following a developing story about a teacher will tied today 2 year-old child up. we will not doing will was live at the scene. >> a few administrators have showed up. they told me that they really want to be of head of this so they can get the truth. that want to let people know what happened and what they plan to do to move forward. >> good morning, my name is tim hunt. i have a statement that i would like to read. last monday, march 4th if we were notified of a violation of eight 2 year-

old child's rights that was committed by a teacher. two teachers one of home is of the student. attended eight gathering with the former employees and it was reported that during the gathering that a teacher who had left voluntarily on and on monday in the past stated that if the child did not take a nap that the teacher was going to take up the child's ankles, and their hands. this teacher stated that she took a pitcher and showed it to everyone was in attendance. the parent reported to the pleasanton police department and the police have interviewed all the staff. we are

cooperating and the legal outcome is unknown at this time. upon receipt, and confirmations we notified the community in and day issued eight violation to him on thursday. we have been notifying parents. we have taken the following options. we have sent letters to parents and we have prepared this media statement which i am issuing now. we are scheduling a parent's only meeting for this afternoon. we have ordered a suspension of operations here at the preschool starting friday and will continue through monday and tuesday. will use this five day period to retrain the staff and carefully analyze where we are with the program so that we can return back to the quality of care that we are known for. this has been in operation since 2008 without any incidents.

>> we just want to say that this preschoolers' a part of our church. it is absolutely deplorable to us that any person including the children under our care within anyway do something that is so terrible as this incident. children are made of the image of god and they deserve to be respected. this is 8 incident and that we are grieved over. we are seeing help to the family and to the other teachers who are upset about this. it is our goal to faithfully cared for the children and to love them. we will do everything that we can to be opened and seek to move forward and to develop our

ministry in that way with the standards that we have sought to do before. >> was the former teacher there was under radar? >> we are very limited to what we can say about any employee here because of the confidentiality law. this is the only incident that we know all. >> the fact is he show this picture, is that mother and some people may be wondering was a did a thing about her that stood out that would even have her allegedly do this? >> we are just shocked! >> how long had she been employed at the school? >> since the school was

opened in 2008. >> we do not talk about employee matters, and we were told by a lot we have to keep this stuff confidential and that we have a great staff and people who are committed to the treatment of children. we have never had anything like this by any of our administrators since we have been opened in 2008. >> did this teacher leave one her owner did she get let go? >> the individual resigned and that is about all that i can tell you. >> this resign before this are after this incident? >> no. she resigned before this incident. >> let me clarify, we do not know exactly when the incident took place but we do know that she resigned earlier this year. >> it was hard decision to

resign. >> our information is that this employee, resigned and the incident took place prior to her resignation. >> we do not know what is going on with her. >> have you spoken to the mother of the 2 year-old child? >> yes. i have spoken to the family and their devastated. any family would be devastated. we are caring for them the best way possible. the family asked for privacy and we want to give that to them. we are seeking to minister them in

the best way possible. >> do you know what the outcome of the criminal investigation will be? >> do you know what the ramifications could be? >> no. they have asked us to stick to what our statement is and that it is their investigation and that they are conducting a. >> this was a live press conference from officials at the preschool. the school is under investigation after allegations of a teacher tieing up a student. as of right now we're not sure when this took place. >> the time now is 6:37 a.m.. >> the temperatures are even warmer than yesterday. it is upper 60's and even

70's for hayward. down and the south bay they will have another fantastic day. 76 degrees is expected for campbell. the warm weather was the crown. the warmest day of the week is expected to be tomorrow. i will have full details coming up. >> a quick check on the traffic into san francisco by way of the bay bridge. it is side hot spot and there is no stalls in your way. it will be slow through the toll plaza up the incline. the good news is that the back up is not stretching. it is ok on 580. you are also okay on the east shore freeway. give yourself some extra time heading into the city. the drive time is still about 15 minutes.

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>> welcome back. we are watching wall street. right now the dow is down by 10. joining us now is our financial expert brought black. >>rob black. >> it is very familiar where is and the triples. a lot of people are expecting the

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>> the time is 6:49 a.m.. here is a live look at the sampras's go skyline. we do have some patchy fog outside. it will be sold gorgeous today. >> they're really just depends on where you are. dense fog is in the north bay. thanks to that owned shore flow we are saying a breeze that is bringing fog to the peninsula area. into the afternoon, it will get warm. tomorrow is expected to be the warmest day of the week. as we look ahead warm weather continues. it will be a touch cooler as we head into the weekend. i will show you the 7 day forecasts

coming up in just a few minutes. >> the visibility chart is down to about 2 mi. for napa bug. it is 6 mi. if you are driving through oakland. it is warmer than 24 hours ago. 43 degrees right now and pleasanton. into the afternoon we are tracking the numbers. plenty of 70's for the south bay. fremont will get a high of 71. the east bay, will have another gorgeous day. union city will be in seven days. upper 60s for downtown san francisco and upper 70's for napa. petaluma will be coming in at 72 degrees and upper 50s if you are heading to ocean beach. >> tomorrow, will be the warmest day of the week. it will gradually cool down and the temperatures are still

above seasonal average. there's no wet weather to worry about for the next seven days. the time is 6:51 a.m.. >> we still have slow traffic from san francisco by the bay bridge. it is very crowded from oakland into downtown san francisco. the mean lights are on and the backlog was two--it is not still not that bad. the back up does not extend to the oakland a's. are still d es/mmayes. you may want to take the san mateo bridge as an alternate as you get into sampras's go. is still 14 minutes from hayward through foster city.

some of the fog is starting to lift. make sure that you have your headlights and your wipers on. it is still 21 minutes from novato. >> we have two accidents to talk about. this is west bound for ed san marco. the two left lanes are blocked perez it was already slow out of antioch. keep this semi that it will be about a 30 minute drive. once we had over to walnut creek they have a trouble spot at no. maine. two lanes are blocked and it is slow towards pleasant hill. one should get past 24 the traffic will pick up. i will keep an eye on these accidents. >> alex smith has been

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>> not only did we lose an hour of sleep when move our clocks up an hour on sunday, but the u.s. economy suffers a huge loss. according to data from the lost our economic, the country's economy lives over $433 million when we switch to daylight savings time is. while each person loses about $3.38 during the time switch. off, for excessive time change for what is supposed to save energy